Trying to determine my path into cameras around my house

[djernie]

Just do not let your cameras go outside your network. Check this out.

How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!)

Many camera networks are unsecure, even those installed by professionals. This guide gives basic instruction in how to secure a camera network from the most common types of attacks. Perhaps the most important rule of securing a computer network is to not forward ports to unsecure services...

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[kolbasz]

Just do not let your cameras go outside your network. Check this out.

How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!)

Many camera networks are unsecure, even those installed by professionals. This guide gives basic instruction in how to secure a camera network from the most common types of attacks. Perhaps the most important rule of securing a computer network is to not forward ports to unsecure services...

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Ok perfect. If that's all it is, I can get handle it

 

[kolbasz]

So is the IPC-T5442T-ZE not NDAA compliant? If not, am I breaking any laws ordering it?

 

[biggen]

So is the IPC-T5442T-ZE not NDAA compliant? If not, am I breaking any laws ordering it?

No of course not. This is more to do with government contracts.

 

[sebastiantombs]

That "rule" means that Governmental Agencies can't buy/use them. It has no bearing on use by consumers. Just block it from being able to talk on the internet.

 

[kolbasz]

That "rule" means that Governmental Agencies can't buy/use them. It has no bearing on use by consumers. Just block it from being able to talk on the internet.

No of course not. This is more to do with government contracts.

Got it, thanks, makes more sense.

 

[kolbasz]

My Camera comes tomorrow is it poe only (need to get poe switch still) or can you power inject as well?

Want to be able to test and start figuring out as I order up a poe switch.

 

[samplenhold]

You can use a POE injector. I use the one below for when I am setting up cams on a switch that is not POE. I like this one, but there are many others just as good.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B4H00EO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[kolbasz]

You can use a POE injector. I use the one below for when I am setting up cams on a switch that is not POE. I like this one, but there are many others just as good.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B4H00EO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Excellent, thank you. I think I will steal the injector from one of my APs until I get a new switch.

 

[kolbasz]

OK, so I got my first camera and I started to get things set up. Changing the framerate etc.

I assume it will be best to use that service tool that flips the camera from day to night? Or is it not necessary if the camera is flipping to black/white when in the dark?

Are there any recommended settings to start, i frame, vbr/cbr, quality etc?

I set up a test with the camera and things are working, but the recorded footage is grainy. As I am so green to this, I am curious where to starts with some of this.

 

[djernie]

There is a lot of help in the forums below. I leave my cameras in full color day and night because i have a lot of light around my place.

Improving Night Quality

Good Morning everyone I have a HDW4321-AS-S4, which I use in the front of my property. I currently have it on forced colour mode - and have changed some settings on it from previous threads I have read, eg from @Kawboy12R shutter speed reccomendation However, there is still significant...

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Common issues with camera image

Here is a quick guide to what might go wrong with the image of your cctv camera, and how to fix this. MOTION BLUR: This is probably the most common issue, new camera owners run into. Many times on this forum I've seen posts like: "I bought a set of cameras recently. The image looks great on...

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[kolbasz]

How does one edit shutter speed in the camera? Also, what do people prefer, vbr or cbr?

 

[kolbasz]

reading the wiki, trying to determine system needs for blueiris.

I have an i5-2400, is this adequate? It says it has quicksync support

Above, I recommended Skylake (6xxx series) and newer because this was the first generation to include H.265 acceleration hardware. You can also get good performance out of older models as far back as the Sandy Bridge architecture (2xxx series, such as i7-2600) which is the first to support H.264 hardware acceleration with Quick Sync. However newer CPUs are more energy-efficient and typically offer better single-threaded performance which can help if you want to use 4K cameras at high frame rates.

 

[djernie]

This could help you with which computer to get.

ISO BI Computer

I’m just now starting to put together my Blue Iris system and I’m searching for a computer to be used for solely this purpose. Fenderman has kindly provided me guidance in what to look for so my search is on. I’m looking for an Elitedesk / Optiplex / Prodesk i5-8500 or better with a minimum of...

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[samplenhold]

How does one edit shutter speed in the camera? Also, what do people prefer, vbr or cbr?

It depends on the cam. What cam do you have? If it is a Dahua, you use the web GUI and go to the Settings/Conditions/Exposure tab.


As I am not worried about space, I use CBR.

I have an i5-2400, is this adequate? It says it has quicksync support

It will depend on how much video through put you have. That is based on the number of cams, their MP size, their FPS and their bit rates.

Try out your PC and see if it works. Can't hurt. You can always replace it. Personally, I doubt it will be good enough for more than a couple of cams.

 

[kolbasz]

camera 1 installed. I am off and running on my journey now.

Only question is, did I F up putting the camera slightly farther back. I asked the wife where she preferred it and she said closer to the house. Now I am curious if I will have issues with IR flair. I guess I will know tonight.



Next up, more cameras and blue iris. Just to get rolling I fired up a shinobi docker container, but after hearing about blue iris and its insane capabilities I am sold to not wait any longer.